C. Chandor (“All Is Lost”), Ryan Coogler (“Fruitvale Station”), Scott Cooper (“Out of the Furnace”), Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave”) and John Wells (“August: Osage County”) joined in a Focus on Directors panel that Variety sponsored at the Mill Valley Film Festival on October 12. Choice of story Chandor: There’s a letter that opens […]
Oscar 2013: Team Oscar Launched–Short Videos from Students
November 18, 2013 by
This year’s Team Oscar kicked off on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” with DeGeneres and Channing Tatum unveiling the program. Submissions are due by January 5, 2014.
Oscar 2013: Jolie, Angelina–Honorary Award
November 17, 2013 by
The Academy’s fifth annual Governors Awards on November 16, at Hollywood & Highland, had many touching moments. After showing a reel of Angelina Jolie’s global philanthropy, the actress took to the stage to thank her presenters (Bosnian and Serbian actors from her “In the Land of Blood and Honey,” Gena Rowlands and George Lucas), and […]
Oscar 2013: Honorary Oscars–Steve Martin
November 17, 2013 by
Comedian-actor-director Steve Martin has never been nominated for a legitimate, competitive Oscar, not even for “All of Me.” This year, the Academy showed the industry’s respect with an compensatory Honorary Oscar.
Oscar 2013: Bruce Dern in Nebraska?
November 16, 2013 by
It’s never too late–not even when Oscar nomination is concerned.
